sundog
Americannoun
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another word for parhelion
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a small rainbow or halo near the horizon
Etymology
Origin of sundog
First recorded in 1625–35; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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"The colors usually go from red closest to the sun, out to blue on the outside of the sundog," the NWS explained in a blog post.
From Fox News
A feast prepared by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe capped a day in which even the clouds wore rainbows of sundogs.
From Seattle Times
After a week of wild conditions - featuring "weather bomb" gales and "thundersnow" - the Sun takes the opportunity to explain some of the more baffling meteorological terms, such as sundogs, haboobs and supercells.
From BBC
A rainbow wrapped around the sun – a phenomenon called a sundog.
From The Guardian
On either side of it, great, gasping sundogs struggled.
From Project Gutenberg
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